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    The SheldonThinks website was established in 2005 by Andrew Sheldon to provide readers with time-critical investment advice.

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Gold investments - Bank of England printing money!

Remember the bad old days when governments used to print money to finance expenditure? Well they are coming to a country near you. We are now seeing the Bank of England resort to the printing press, and I dare say it will not be long before other government treasuries follow suit. Budget deficits are blowing out worldwide as tax receipts slow as a result of falling economic activity. There is no stamp duty on asset sales, income tax is down, and with less retail spending, even the GST/VAT receipts are subdued. Many governments already have too much debt to take on more, so does it not follow that we might expect to see more printing of money. This has an analogous effect to share issues - it dilutes the value of your existing equity - your cash savings. The flow on effect is inflation, and its going to result in gold going to $US2,000/oz sometime soon. We have followed the ascension of gold for a decade now, since I was a mining analyst at WHI Securities, helping Australia companies raise capital for world-class mining projects on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London. Eight months ago I wrote ‘Profit from the next gold boom‘ so investors could understand the dynamics of gold, as well as Mining Stock Fundamentals so they could make better stock selections. Precious metals offer the best investment in these times of monetary dilution.

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February 21, 2009